Abstract

This document is a strict subset of
the
full HTML5 specification
that omits user-agent (UA) implementation details. It is
targeted toward Web authors and others who are not UA
implementors and who want a view of the HTML
specification that focuses more precisely on details relevant to
using the HTML language to create Web documents and Web applications.
Because this document does not provide implementation conformance
criteria, UA implementors should not rely on it, but should instead
refer to the
full HTML5 specification.

This document is an automated redaction of the
full HTML5 specification.
As such, the two documents are supposed to agree on normative matters
concerning Web authors. However, if the documents disagree, this is a
bug in the redaction process and the unredacted full HTML
specification takes precedence. Readers are encouraged to report such
discrepancies as bugs in the bug tracking system of the HTML Working
Group.

Status of
This document

This section describes the status of this document at the
time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this
document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest
revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at
http://www.w3.org/TR/.

If you wish to make comments regarding this document in a manner
that is tracked by the W3C, please submit them via using our
public bug database. If you cannot do this then you can also
e-mail feedback to public-html-comments@w3.org
(subscribe,
archives),
and arrangements will be made to transpose the comments to our
public bug database. All feedback is welcome.

The bulk of the text of this specification is also
available in the WHATWG Web
Applications 1.0 specification, under a license that permits
reuse of the specification text.

Implementors should be aware that this specification is not
stable. Implementors who are not taking part in the
discussions are likely to find the specification changing out from
under them in incompatible ways. Vendors interested in
implementing this specification before it eventually reaches the
Candidate Recommendation stage should join the aforementioned
mailing lists and take part in the discussions.

This is a work in
progress! For the latest updates from the HTML WG,
possibly including important bug fixes, please look at the editor's draft
instead.

Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the
W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated,
replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is
inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in
progress.

The latest stable version of the editor's draft of this
specification is always available on the W3C CVS server. There are
various ways to follow the change history for this
specification:

The W3C HTML Working
Group is the W3C working group responsible for this
specification's progress along the W3C Recommendation track. This
specification is the 11 October 2012 Working Draft.

Work on this specification is also done at the WHATWG. The W3C HTML working group
actively pursues convergence with the WHATWG, as required by the
W3C HTML
working group charter. There are various ways to follow this
work at the WHATWG: